Vocal, Social, and Self-Imitation by Bottlenosed Dolphins

This chapter contains sections titled: Imitation by Animals, General Principles: Definition and Premises in the Study of Imitation by Dolphins, The Dolphin Subjects, Vocal Imitation: Imitation of Arbitrary Computer-Generated Sounds; Imitation of Signature Whistles, Behavioral Imitation of Others (Social Imitation), Self-Imitation: Repeating Arbitrary Directed Behaviors and Self-Selected Behaviors under Control of an Abstract Gesture, Summary and Discussion, Acknowledgments, Notes, References